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China-Taiwan Weekly Update, January 30, 2025

Data Cutoff: January 28, 2025 The China–Taiwan Weekly Update is a joint product from the Institute for the Study of War and the American Enterprise Institute. The update supports the ISW–AEI Coalition Defense of Taiwan project, which assesses Chinese campaigns against Taiwan, examines alternative strategies for the United States and its allies to deter the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) aggression, […]

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Pakistan says Afghan-based ‘terrorists’ increasingly use US arms for cross-border attacks

Pakistan said Thursday it had provided Taliban leaders in Afghanistan with “sufficient proof” to substantiate its claims that militants are using modern weapons left behind by the United States military for cross-border terrorism. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Shafqat Ali Khan stated at a weekly news conference in Islamabad that the presence of U.S. advanced weapons in the neighboring country “remains a […]

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SOUTH ASIA INTELLIGENCE REVIEW

Jharkhand: Insurgency Interrupted On January 22, 2025, two Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), cadres, including one female, were killed in an encounter with Security Forces (SFs) during a joint search operation by the Bokaro District Police and the 209th Battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)’s elite CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action) unit in the Tejnarayanpur Police Station […]

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The Horn Of Africa States: The India Ties – OpEd

The Horn of Africa States and India have a long history together although this is not talked about much. It was not only commerce and trade that connected them but they were connected as people of the same origin and through empires and empire building. They were connected through spirituality, religiosity and writing. Indeed, the Indian Ocean basin, was once […]

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Putin’s pipeline: How the Kremlin outmaneuvered Western oil companies to wrest control of vast flows of Kazakhstan’s crude

Chevron and partners prioritized profits, enabling runaway costs and ballooning budgets worth billions as Russia deployed strong-arm tactics and steered contracts to cronies. On a late August afternoon in 2021 the mooring master made a frantic call to a dispatcher at Russia’s largest port, Novorossiysk. “Stop! Stop! Stop loading tanker Minerva Symphony!” he shouted. But the damage had already been […]

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Reconsidering Research Security

Research security isn’t only about defending against external threats; it also requires ensuring that the United States remains a leader in global innovation by supporting the people and infrastructure that fuel it. The United States’ global leadership in research was built on the foundation of substantial government investments in science and technology (S&T) made during World War II. In the […]

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Jemaah Islamiyah Breakup: Bali Bomber Fears Disgruntled Ex-Members May Join ISIS

For many Indonesians, last year’s disbandment of the militant group behind the 2002 Bali bombings may have come as a relief, but one convict incarcerated for his role in the twin attack fears the move increases terror threats. Ali Imron, who spoke to BenarNews from the Jakarta prison where he’s serving a life sentence, said the leadership of al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah […]

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Jammu And Kashmir Elections Reveal Enduring Political Fault Lines – Analysis

Both regional and national elections were held in India’s troubled Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) region in 2024 for the first time since its autonomy was drastically downgraded in 2019. But despite successful elections in the region plagued by complex territorial disputes and enduring insurgencies, early signs suggest that decades-old patterns of political allegiance remain largely unchanged. J&K, formerly a princely […]

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Arakan Army’s Growing Influence In Myanmar: Implications For The Rohingyas – Analysis

In a significant turn of events, after days of relentless battles, the Arakan Army (AA) seized control of the Maungdaw and Taungup townships, securing a 270-kilometre (km) stretch along Myanmar’s border with Bangladesh last month. This victory cements the dominance of the AA and its political wing, the United League of Arakan (ULA), in Rakhine State, and shifts the region’s […]

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Indian Diplomats Seek Bilateral Trade Relations With Afghan Taliban Through Iran’s Chabahar Port

Since the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban jihadi organization) took control of Afghanistan in August 2021, India, which did not support the Taliban against the U.S. and NATO, has been seeking ways to engage with the Taliban and gain influence in Afghanistan, where its rivals China and Pakistan already have an advantage. Over the course of 2024, Indian diplomats […]

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